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Serious A9 crash in Highland on 26 December 2000 at 14:50 involving a Ford Scorpio

A Ford Scorpio and a Peugeot 406 were involved in a crash on the A9 in Highland at 14:50 on Tuesday 26 December 2000. A 30-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 406 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Dec 2000
Tuesday, 14:50
Vehicles
2
Ford Scorpio and Peugeot 406
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 58.12268, longitude -3.67337, in the KW8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Highland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200091NJ17260
Council area
Highland
Police force
Northern
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
9
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 747 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 May 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Scorpio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 406

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,761 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 406)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 200091NJ17260 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Highland road accident statistics for 2000.